Wild Bandidos (7Mojos, 1 February 2021) is the studio’s sequel to Bandidos Showdown — the same Wild West outlaw cast, the same Gamble feature, but a redesigned bonus round centred on retriggerable Free Spins. The 5×3 grid runs 30 paylines, RTP is 95.01%, volatility is Low-Med, hit rate is High, and max win is 125× per line. Note: SlotsLaunch’s 20,000× max-win listing is implausible for the volatility profile — canonical 125× per line per the slotcatalog data sheet.
From Bandidos Showdown to Wild Bandidos — The Sequel Evolution
Bandidos Showdown was the franchise origin. Wild Bandidos is the second instalment per LCB.org’s review framing — and the design choices reveal which elements 7Mojos kept versus what they rebuilt. What carried over: the 5×3 / 30-payline grid structure, the cartoon-style Wild West cast (Sheriff badge as Wild, Native American girl as Scatter, bandit and sheriff and crossed revolvers as mid-pay, royals J/Q/K/A as low-pay), and the Gamble feature (red/black double-or-nothing on each win). What changed: the main bonus round was redesigned. Bandidos Showdown’s original bonus event was dropped in favour of a Free Spins round triggered by 3 scatters. The 7Mojos Wild West catalogue includes Wild Sombrero and Big5 Africa from the same paired-release wave, but the Bandidos pair is the studio’s clearest sequel-evolution example.
How Free Spins, Gamble, and the Hold Feature Work
Three Native American girl scatters on reels 2, 3, and 4 trigger 10 free spins. The scatters appear only on the middle three reels and aren’t stacked, so the maximum simultaneous landing is 3 — retriggers always cap at +10 spins per cycle. There is no multiplier during Free Spins, which marks a departure from the 7Mojos Hot Twist convention used in sister 2021 releases. The Sheriff’s Badge Wild substitutes for all symbols except Scatter and tops the paytable at 5× stake for a 5-of-a-kind line. The Gamble feature carries over from Bandidos Showdown — red/black double-or-nothing on each win, contributing nothing to long-run expected value but doubling per-win variance. Hold Individual Reels lets you click each reel to freeze it for the next spin. 7Mojos casino sites typically host the slot alongside Bandidos Showdown so direct comparison is straightforward.
Strategy Tips
Two practical decisions per session. First, mode selection — High hit rate makes session play sustainable. Most spins return small wins (the math sits below the modern 96% benchmark, but the cadence smooths variance), so size sessions for ~250-spin runways at min stake to ride out the swings. Second, gamble selectively — bank meaningful payouts and only Gamble inconsequential wins. The math is a clean 50/50 red-black double-or-nothing, no house edge on the gamble itself, but it contributes nothing to long-run EV either. Within free spins bonus rounds across the catalogue, Wild Bandidos sits in the no-multiplier camp where the entire bonus value lives in the base paytable math.
Our Verdict
Wild Bandidos is the upgraded sequel of Bandidos Showdown — same cast, same Gamble, redesigned bonus round centred on retriggerable no-multiplier Free Spins. Audience filter: players who want the cartoonish Wild West aesthetic and the frequent-small-win cadence of a low-volatility slot category profile, without committing to multiplier-heavy modern bonus designs.
